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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1917
Page
6
A lighthearted three act farce titled Oh You Kid plays at the Empire tonight with curtain up after the parade between 8 30 and 00. It features rapid action and clever satire on small town law enforcement plus love plots. Prices: tower floor 25 35 cents, few 50c, balcony 25 25 cents.
Barbara Castleman, born in Little Rock 1896 and educated in New Rochelle, stars as the leading woman in On Trial. Her stage career includes It Pays To Advertise and Madame Sherry. she has appeared in six feature pictures and is noted for dramatic roles. She stands five feet five inches, with brown hair and eyes, enjoys riding and swimming, and is seen at The Empire in On Trial Wednesday and Thursday nights and matinee. Admission is 10 cents.
Acca Temple Shriners and their band visit Staunton on Friday night September 21 for a ceremonial session with delegates from across the state including Winchester. A band concert drills and banquet will highlight the day and night program. More than 2300 delegates are expected.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carl Vrooman says America's potato crop will be a vital factor in victory. He notes the nation will have more than one hundred million bushels of potatoes beyond ordinary needs.
The State Corporation Commission issued changes to demurrage rules for intra state shipments effective October 1 1917 to April 30 1918. Only rules 8 and 10 are altered as shippers gain 48 hours to load or unload freight cars. After 48 hours a 2 dollar daily charge applies for up to five days and 5 dollars daily thereafter. Previously charges were 1 dollar per day.
A compact aphorism contrasts small minds with great minds facing misfortune. It highlights resilience and rise above adversity in a concise, reflective tone. The quotation underscores mental fortitude as a pathway to triumph over setback.
Paris reports that the French are using artificial fog as camouflage to cloak surprise attacks on German positions. Chemicals create a thick mist allowing advances without prior artillery bombardment.
Labor talks between 1800 longshoremen and International Mercantile Marine Company in New York raised the prospect of a total port shutdown if a foreman tied to the union is not removed. The union says the foreman fired a member without cause and threatens a full walkout in the district.
Little Mary McAlister, child star of Pesariay, volunteers for a Red Cross membership drive in a Chicago department store. Dressed as a nurse she demonstrates first aid with dolls, helping raise about 1 060 members. She stars in Essanay's Do Children Count and On Trial at Empire Theatre with a noted Broadway to Chicago run.
Readers are urged that catarrh is curable by constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally to heal mucous surfaces, build up the constitution, and aid recovery. The makers offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure.
AJl departments open September 20. Call or address Katharine Glass, 4-tp-11-6p-t, resident. Positions include junior college and college preparatory subjects such as piano, voice, violin, languages, domestic science, art, physical culture, and kindergarten. Experienced science teacher desired for experimental and practical work.
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